The bridge

I’ve got a side job building a bridge for another professional builder out of Tennessee. It’s plastic and I’m told its one of the best out there. I’m learning a lot. Mostly how not to design a bridge kit. This thing is a mess. There is no logic behind how it’s built, at least from the stand point of how to make something go together straight and strong.

Also all the flash and cleanup of parts as you remove them from the sprue. Some of the parts are so thin that I’ve snapped a couple during the clean up. Most of the box beams still need to be cut at specific angles. Why not mold them correctly in the first place. I was told 20 hrs to build this. More like a hundred.

I can’t wait to get back to cardstock.

Comments

[John]

Thom,

Sounds like a kit I tried to build about 3 years ago. I gave up and through it in the trash. I then made one out of card stock. I wish you luck on this one.

John

[Dave]

I am soo tempted to do the same but my client spent $150 on it and I'm getting twice that to build it (not enough) so im committed.